adverb · neutral
rapidly
/ˈræpɪdli/RA·pid·ly
task1
quickly; at great speed
Examples
“The population of the city grew rapidly between 1990 and 2000.”
“Internet adoption increased rapidly after prices fell.”
“The figure rose rapidly before leveling off.”
Band 8 sentence
“Car ownership increased rapidly in the first five years, before growth tapered off.”
Collocations
- grow/increase/improve rapidly
- rapidly followed by
Word family
rapid adjrapidly advrapidity noun
Common mistakes
rapid→rapidly
fastly→fast / rapidly
Say it for a higher band
5quickly→6fast→7+rapidly
Synonyms
quickly
Easily confused
quickly
“The economy expanded rapidly during that period.”
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